Tag: Alaska

Categories
Plants

Carex lyngbyei

This plant's image
Carex lyngbyei. See image source here.

#590 They called me Carex lyngbyei, also known as Carex steenstrupii, Carex macounii, and Carex riabushinskii. I pay homage to the male botanists Steenstrup (I couldn’t find his records), John Macoun, and Riabushinsk (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1827.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Føroyar, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Oregon, Sakhalin, and Washington.

Categories
Plants

Carex mertensii

This plant's image
Carex mertensii. See image source here.

#552 They called me Carex mertensii. I pay homage to the male botanist Franz Carl Mertens. They first catalogued me in 1833.

Native to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Japan, Kuril Is., Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Categories
Plants

Zostera marina

This plant's image
Zostera marina. See image source here.

#508 They called me Zostera marina, also known as Zostera marina var. phillipsii. I pay homage to the male botanist Barry W. Phillips, or Edwin Percy Phillips. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central American Pac, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, Yugoslavia, and Yukon.